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# Care and Support Prisons

Buyer: STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-b5fd17-8cfef2ae-a5ca-4f88-a4ec-606c7830fd99

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## Summary

Staffordshire County Council has awarded a contract titled "Care and Support Prisons," which falls under the industry categories of imprisonment services, prison services, social work and related services, and other community services. The location for this procurement is the West Midlands, United Kingdom. The procurement stage is currently at the award stage, with the contract officially starting on 1 April 2025 and running until 31 March 2028, with an option to extend to 31 March 2029. Key deadlines included the tender period ending on 6 November 2024. This open procedure tender aimed to find suitably qualified care providers to deliver personalised care and support in prisons and approved premises across Staffordshire.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses specialising in care and support services, particularly those experienced in handling the needs of prison populations. SMEs and social enterprises are well-suited to compete for this contract due to the procurement's focus on using an open procedure above threshold, ensuring a transparent and competitive bidding process. The contract's comprehensive goal of enhancing quality of life, promoting independence, and improving health and wellbeing creates ample scope for providers to demonstrate their capabilities and innovate in service delivery, potentially leading to long-term collaborations and business growth within the public sector.

## Notice

Staffordshire County Council has recommissioned the current Personalised Care and Support in prisons (and in approved premises) in the County of Staffordshire which is due to expire 31/03/2025. The purpose of the Service is for suitably qualified care providers to deliver Care and Support to all Prisons and Approved Premises on a Guaranteed Hours basis. Spot Purchase hours will be considered and agreed with the Council once the Guaranteed Hours have been spent. The Service will enable Service Users to achieve their identified outcomes to improve their independence and achieve and maintain their desired strength based, personalised outcomes in relation to their physical, emotional, social, and mental wellbeing. The Council aims to ensure improve Service Users remain as independent as possible; have the knowledge to make informed decisions; have choice and be in control of decisions made about their Care; be part of their community; receive Support at the right time through a strength based and personalised Service. The provider delivering the Service, will aim to achieve the following objectives: enhance the quality of life for Service Users with Care and Support needs; delay and reduce the need for Care and Support; ensure Service Users have a positive experience of Care; safeguard Service Users whose circumstances make them vulnerable and protect them from avoidable harm; improve and maintain Service Users health and wellbeing through increased independence, choice, control, dignity, and quality of life; promote independence, and enable the Service User to be an active member of society and their community; provide a strength based support Service, responsive to the needs and circumstances of the Service Users; help maximise independence after illness or disability through working within a rehabilitation, reablement and enablement philosophy; provide a high quality Service in terms of access, the Service Users' experience and outcomes based on evidence of effectiveness; enable Service User satisfaction, enabling Service Users to have a say in how Support and Services could be developed in the future, ensuring meaningful engagement that enables Service Users to have a say about the future development of Services. provide clear information so that Service Users can make informed choices. The contract will run from 01/4/2025 to 31/03/2028 with the option to extend by a year to 31/03/2029.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Contracts Finder |
| Latest notice | https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1cae3a9d-3de7-44a7-9359-4c1b814aa9c3 |
| Notice type | Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Open |
| Procurement method details | Open procedure (above threshold) |
| Tender suitability | SME, VCSE |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Tender, Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 31 Jan 2025 |
| Submission deadline | 6 Nov 2024 |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 13 Jan 2025 |
| Contract period | 31 Mar 2025 - 31 Mar 2029 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | £1,116,000 |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £1,116,000 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | STAFFORDSHIRE COUNTY COUNCIL |
| Locality | STAFFORD |
| Post town | Stoke-on-Trent |
| Postcode | ST16 2DH |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLG West Midlands (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLG2 Shropshire and Staffordshire |
| ITL 3 | TLG24 Staffordshire CC |
| Local authority | Stafford |
| Electoral ward | Forebridge |
| Westminster constituency | Stafford |
| Delivery location | TLG West Midlands (England) |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | PRACTICE PLUS GROUP HEALTH AND REHABILITATION SERVICES |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 75 - Administration, defence and social security services
- 85 - Health and social work services
- 98 - Other community, social and personal services

### Codes

- 75231210 - Imprisonment services
- 75231230 - Prison services
- 85300000 - Social work and related services
- 98000000 - Other community, social and personal services

## Release History

- 31 Jan 2025 at 14:42 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1cae3a9d-3de7-44a7-9359-4c1b814aa9c3
- 7 Oct 2024 at 10:54 - Tender - Tender Notice - https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c1d22fbc-9e59-4f77-b1ca-b82fe5ccde49

## Documents

- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/1cae3a9d-3de7-44a7-9359-4c1b814aa9c3
  31st January 2025 - Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder
- https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c1d22fbc-9e59-4f77-b1ca-b82fe5ccde49
  7th October 2024 - Opportunity notice on Contracts Finder

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